Presented by Debra Burgess, Senior English Language Fellow, and English Teachers Stefany Espinel and Veronica Huaman. You can watch this video following this address http://youtu.be/G9sFm9KDewA

1. Planning an Immersion English Institute for
Pre-service and
In- service Teachers
Debra Burgess
Stefany Maira Espinel Chávez
Verónica Mariela Huamán Barriga

2. Talking Heads
What opportunities do your
students have to practice
English with native speakers
outside of the classroom in
authentic situations?

3. Goals
 Learn to design and implement a three
or five day ELT themed based immersion
institute for pre service and in service
teachers
 Explore best practices that focus on
communicative approaches, integrated
language skills and culturally relevant
lessons

4. Why an Immersion Institute?
 Few opportunities for students and
teachers to interact in the target
language and gain communicative and
social confidence.
 Little exposure to the target culture.

5. “Genius is one percent
inspiration, ninety-nine
percent perspiration.”
Thomas Alva Edison

6. Inspiration

7. Perspiration
 Proposal and presentation
 Planning
 Location
 Recruitment of Students
 Budget
 Curriculum
 Scheduling

8. What kind of issues or obstacles might
you need to consider in your planning?

9. “Begin with the End in Mind”
Stephen Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Students:
 Gain communicative and social confidence in English
 Lesson Planning
Teachers:
 plan curriculum and model and implement appropriate lessons using
communicative based activities
 deliver lessons that are culturally relevant and emphasize tolerance and
appreciation of both Peruvian and United States cultures.

10. Planning

11. “In my opinion, we as
English teachers have to
focus not only on ‘teaching
English,’ but also how this
language could be applied
and how it is going to
change their lives.”
-Carlos Choquehuanca

12. Monday-Feb. 3- Travel Tuesday-Feb. 4-
Tradition/Culture
Wednesday- Feb. 5-
Environment
Thursday- Feb. 6-Leaders Friday- Feb. 7-Conclusion
Vacations Food/Holidays (Rosario) Pollution/Animals (Jony) Qualities/Skills (Rodrigo) Reflective Writing (Debra)
Seasons (Rosario) Music (Micah) 3 Rs (Verónica) Leaders in History/Today Final Lesson Plan
Clothing (Evelyn) Sports/Games (Verónica) Global Warming (Morgan) Teacher as Leader (Evelyn) Final Community Building
Debriefing- LP Debriefing- LP Debriefing- LP Debriefing- LP
Theme: School’s Out,
Learning is In

13. Theme Ideas?
 What themes or topic would
you choose to organize an
immersion institute in your
country?

14. “My experience at
Camp Joy was so
fantastic because I
learned many topics
and different dynamics
that each teacher
showed.”
-Tania Denos

15. Types of Production
 Monday: Informative Writing
 Tuesday: Narrative Writing/Storytelling
 Wednesday: Persuasive Writing/Speech
 Thursday:
Discourse/Informative/Persuasive
Speech
 Friday: Reflective/Educational Writing

16. Hour
8:30 a.m
Assembly
Debra and Robert
9-9:55
Language Class
Debra/Rodrigo-
Assembly
Group #1
Ryan/Elena
Group #2
Micah /Rosario
Group #3
Morgan/Verónica
Group #4
Evelyn/Stefany
Group #5
10-10:55
Activity
Vacations Robert/Ryan
Group
#1 & 2
Seasons
Rosario/Morgan
Group #3 & 4
Clothing Evelyn/Elena
Group #5
11:00-11:55 Vacations
Ryan/Robert
Group #5
Seasons
Rosario/Morgan/Rodrigo
Group #1 &2
Clothing
Stefany/Elena/Micah
Group #3 & 4
12:00-12:30 LUNCH
12:35-1:30 Vacations
Robert/Stefany
Group #3&4
Seasons Rosario/Rodrigo
Group #5
Clothing Verónica/Elena
Group #1 & 2
1:30-2:30 p.m. Debriefing-
Lesson Planning
Debra/Rodrigo-
Assembly
Group #1
Ryan
Group #2
Micah
Group #3
Morgan/Verónica
Group #4
Evelyn/Stefany
Group #5
Daily Schedule and Topics
Travel

17. Assembly

18. Language Class

19. Activity Classes

20. Activity Classes

21. Debriefing/Lesson Planning

22. Monday-Feb. 3- Travel Tuesday-Feb. 4-
Tradition/Culture
Wednesday- Feb. 5-
Environment
Thursday- Feb. 6-Leaders Friday- Feb. 7-Conclusion
Vacations Food/Holidays (Rosario) Pollution/Animals (Jony) Qualities/Skills (Rodrigo) Reflective Writing (Debra)
Seasons (Rosario) Music (Micah) 3 Rs (Verónica) Leaders in History/Today Final Lesson Plan
Clothing (Evelyn) Sports/Games (Verónica) Global Warming (Morgan) Teacher as Leader (Evelyn) Final Community Building
Debriefing- LP Debriefing- LP Debriefing- LP Debriefing- LP
Theme: School’s Out,
Learning is In

23. CHALLENGES
 Location
 Staffing
 Food
 Dates
 Technology

24. What our Students Taught Us

25. “From the first day, I felt
really happy, everyone here
was kind. All these people
made me feel more
comfortable with my
English, and now I can say
that I feel prepared to be a
proud English teacher.”
-Dayane Villanueva

26. This experience was like
being over the moon. It
was meaningful.
Teachers, co facilitators
in one way they are
awesome. This kind of
opportunities make us
grow as teachers as
humans and also as a
country

27. Three Day Residential
Immersion
 Youtube.com for video

28. Five Day vs. Three Day
PROS
Five Days:
 Ss had more time to organize
different types of lesson plans in
the five days
 More topics and information to
share
 More processing time
Three Days:
 Level of Language
 Residential Setting
 More time for collaboration at
night
 Rich for intercultural exchange
CONS
Three Day:
 Less time for lesson
planning and themes
 Expense and travel

29. “Education is
not the filling of
a pail, but the
lighting of a
fire.”
-William Butler Yeats

30. Contacts
 Debra A. Burgess, Ed.D
Senior English Language Fellow
ecuadream@charter.net
 Verónica Huamán Barriga, Instructor, IESPA
vero_aqp1@hotmail.com
 Stefany Espinal Chávez, Instructor, UNSA
stefmaira@gmail.com